Robert Gates

...to reopen talks about the U.S. military presence on the Japanese island of Okinawa, just weeks after Defense Secretary Robert Gates came to Japan to announce that the issue was closed, and some marines would stay. "It is time to move on,"...

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Gates pushes Japan on U.S. troop shift plan TOKYO (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates pressed Japan on Wednesday to implement quickly a deal to reorganize the U.S. military presence in the country, an issue that could test ties...

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Gates presses Japan on Okinawa This is Mr Gates' first trip to Japan since Mr Hatoyama came to power The US has urged Japan to honour a 2006 agreement on reorganising the US military presence in the country. Defence Secretary Robert Gates...

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...facility in the Henoko (district of Nago) and (Futenma's) relocation within Okinawa." They accused U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates of "intimidating" the Japanese government over the relocation issue when he pressed Japan last month to...

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...pointed visits intended to pave the way for Obama's two-day visit, Mullen and Defense Secretary Robert Gates bluntly told Tokyo they wanted Japan to sign off on the realignment plan in time for the president's arrival. Mullen warned...

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...to force the Americans to move the Marine air base. Defense Secretary Robert Gates delivered the initial U.S. reaction Mr. Hatoyama's position, and it did not go over well in Japan. "This may not be the perfect alternative for anyone,...

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These officials had warned the Prime Minister's Office that U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, who came to Tokyo ahead of President Barack Obama's first visit to Japan, would strongly demand prompt implementation of the accord. They...

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...2006 agreement. "Secretary Gates played the bad cop so that President Obama won't have to," says Michael Green, senior adviser and Japan chair of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a Washington-based think tank. "But I do not...

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...Japan must stick to Futenma deal U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates urged Japan on Tuesday to stick with its agreements on relocating the functions of the Futenma air base in Okinawa Prefecture. In talks with Foreign Minister Katsuya...

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